Location: Harbin
Top Things to do in Harbin
Top Restaurants in Harbin
- 1. Harbin DongFang JiaoZi Wang (ZhongYang Main Street)
- 2. McDonalds Central Street
- 3. Harbin Man Tang Hong Bifengtang Mei Shi (Zhong Yang Main Street)
- 4. Golden Hans (Guo Zhan)
- 5. Pizza Hut (XiDa Zhi Jie)
- 6. LaoChang ChunBing (ZhongYang Jie)
- 7. LaoChang ChunBing (SuoFeiYa)
- 8. DongFang JiaoZi Wang (SuoFeiYa)
- 9. DongFang JiaoZi Wang (ShangZhi Main Street)
- 10. MaoMao XunRou DaBing
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The 10 Best Things to do Good for Kids in Harbin, Heilongjiang
Discover the best top things to do in Harbin, China including Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Sun Island (Tai Yang Dao), Ice Festival Harbin-Day Tour, Harbin Snow Fair, Heilongjiang Science and Technology Museum, Harbin Forest Botanical Garden, Harbin Ice and Snow World, Volga Manor, Ice Festival Harbin, Harbin Ice Lantern Show.
Restaurants in Harbin
1. Zhongyang Pedestrian Street
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,056 reviews
Reviewed By LG_Kay - Singapore, Singapore
Also known as Central Street (中央大街), this is a pedestrian street with its unique cobblestones. It is about 1.5km in length, lined with shops, restaurants and street vendors. Come here to appreciate the many old buildings, with Russian & European architectures. Recommend to try the ice cream stick from one of the many street vendors. Suggest to visit this street in the evening to experience the lightings and shopping atmosphere.
2. Sun Island (Tai Yang Dao)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 770 reviews
Reviewed By ropentastones - St Helens, United Kingdom
Sun Island is the island across the river from Harbin and in the summer months is a nice park with walks and the perfect place to picnic...but in winter it is home to the Harbin ice and snow festival parks. The island is accessible by road or cablecar (or walking across the frozen river in winter). We enjoyed our time on the island...very relaxing and very spectacular with the ice sculptures.
3. Ice Festival Harbin-Day Tour
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 53 reviews
A private Harbin tour is an enjoyable way of seeing Harbin and its top attractions, such as Ice and Snow World, Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, and the Siberian Tiger Park.
4. Harbin Snow Fair
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 141 reviews
Reviewed By classjo - Manila, Philippines
Went here with my wife and 5 year old on a feb via a private tour. As expected, place is very cold so prepare proper winter attire. The snow sculptures were amazing and some are really grand in scale. Aside from admiring the sculptures there are also fun activities for young and adults to enjoy. Highly recommend this pace if you visit harbin in winter
5. Heilongjiang Science and Technology Museum
6. Harbin Forest Botanical Garden
7. Harbin Ice and Snow World
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,494 reviews
Reviewed By ropentastones - St Helens, United Kingdom
The Harbin ice festival is something that simply has to be done...it is the world's largest ice and snow festival, and with around 20 million visitors in just three months that it is open may seem like it is going to be crazy busy, but we visited early February and it didn't seem overly busy at all. The sites are so vast that there is always space to see the sculptures and take photos. The sculptures are simply unbelievable and the size of some of them is staggering...it is so colourful and spectacular that it is almost too much for the ocular nerve to take in. I really cannot enthuse enough how visually amazing the whole thing is...and pictures simply don't do it justice...so definitely definitely try and fit this in at some point if you are visiting China in the winter months. A few tips: The trains to Harbin may be a lot cheaper than flying but they take about four times as long to get there and are almost always fully booked...I would recommend flying into Harbin and paying the extra...the Chinese budget airlines are perfectly fine (we flew Spring and everything was perfect). Don't forget thermals, heat packs, gloves and warm anti-slip boots...you will need them. It was around -20ºC at night when we were there, and the ice festival has an ice floor and ice sculptures so will feel even colder...and you will be on the island pretty much all day if you want to see everything. When to visit? I recommend visiting early afternoon the snow sculpture park (this will take about two hours) then head to the main entrance and get a taxi to the ice sculpture park (it will cost about 20 yuan (£2))...and hopefully you will be there before dusk to see the sun setting and the statues lighting up. The ice park you will probably be there for 3 hours or so...you are looking at about 7 hours in total...there are food places in both parks. The easiest way to get there is by taxi which will cost you just a a few yuan from Harbin...but bear in mind that almost nobody in Harbin speaks English (not even a few words) and so they obviously can't read English either. I recommend getting the translation in pinyin or in Chinese characters of the destination of your journey and showing that to the taxi driver to avoid any problems. You will no doubt have WeChat on your phone if you are in China and there is a good translate function on there you can use. Another tip is that I recommend you go to the toilet before heading to the ice festival park...as the toilets are pretty rancid, and by "pretty rancid" I mean absolutely disgusting with faeces literally everywhere. Not a pretty sight. Use the toilets at the snow sculpture park as these were clean and well looked after....but if you have to go at the ice park...then make sure you take toilet tissues as they are unlikely to have any left. So there you go...a few handy tips that we discovered when there...now it is up to you to visit this once in a lifetime visual extravaganza. Just do it...!!!
8. Volga Manor
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
Reviewed By Footprints409102
we went to Volga Manor on 5-12-2019 by taxi. We spent 4.5 hours including travel time and paid taxi 500yuan. We got the taxi at the taxi stop near to our apartment at the city. The fare was a bit expensive. The entrance fee is 100Yuan not including lunch.
9. Ice Festival Harbin
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 82 reviews
Harbin, the capital of China's frigid Heilongjiang province in the northest, plays host to China's biggest ice sculpture festival every January. The event is rooted in the region's ancient tradition of ice lantern making, and the modern-day incarnation of these lighted vessels are giant, elaborate scupltures made of ice, plastic and colored lights. Many tourists are unprepared for just how cold the region can get in winter, but the temperatures are perfect for allowing these grandiose ice exhibits from local and international artists to survive outdoors. Winter sports such as ice skating and sledding are popular side attractions.
Reviewed By 66MT - Derby, United Kingdom
The festival is across several sites in the city. The big attraction is Ice and Snow World, across the river to the north of the city centre in the Sanli Kiln area (marked in Google Maps etc. as Ice-Snow world, Ice and Snow Big World, or similar). This is a city of buildings made from bricks cuts from the river ice, with lights embedded between the bricks; very impressive and well-worth a visit despite the high (approx. 300RMB) entry cost. Arrive 1-1.5 hours before sunset to see the site in daylight, then the brightly-coloured lights come on as it gets dark to provide a winter wonderland! Many of the buildings have ice slides incorporated at a fairly gentle angle of slope (suitable for kids or adults); to use these, buy a plastic "bum sledge" from one of the vendors outside the entrance before you enter the site. Additional attractions inside the site include: small outdoor shows (dragon dances etc.); a movie theater (closed when we visited in Jan 2020, presumably due to concerns over the 2019-nCoV virus (corona virus) outbreak); a larger snow/ice slide on big rubber rings (not sure if an extra fee is charged for this?); various ice bikes etc. (extra fees?); and fast-food outlets. Other parts of the Ice Festival elsewhere in the city include
10. Harbin Ice Lantern Show
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